Hoo boy... 'cryptic phrasing' is not a 'level' of writing, nor is a belief of understanding it necessarily an indication of any particular aptitude. It's communication, but not done at its best. Centuries later, numerous learned people still disagree over whatever Nostradamus was writing about, and it's not because centuries later all these people don't have the aptitude or are lazy. There is a tiny small minority of those, however, lazy or not, who understand brilliantly what he was writing, or at least, so they claim. Now if only Nostradamus was clearer and specific, these two groups of people would enjoy reversed positions today. What does that signify about but the communication skills of the writer? In any event, I can tell from your posts that you don't get - or don't want to get - the point of what I'm actually writing about, so perhaps I'll chalk it up to my level of writing being 'not reachable by some' and to life not being fair, as you suggest, and that's about all.Quote from oddiduro:
It is common knowledge that people attack what they do not understand.
They do not understand because they do not take the time.
They do not take the time because they are lazy.
And the fact that you come back again to convoluted brings me back to the fact that what one would call convoluted depends on their verbal skills, both vocabulary and comprehension.
Jack's writing style is not rocket science, regardless to what some may think.
It has nothing to do with "lording" one's intelligence. It is a matter of aptitude, bottom line.
Some communicators are accustomed to communicating at a certain level. If that level is not reachable by some, well, life ain't always fair.
Everyone has choices, it is simply a matter of motivation to carry out those choices. Some choose to develop a skill set to comprehend Jack, others choose to whine.
...let it go